Athanase Kararuza

Athanase Kararuza (died 25 April 2016) was a general of Burundi and security adviser of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Kararuza was murdered during the Burundian unrest of 2015-2016.

Biography
Athanase Kararuza was born to a family of Tutsis in Burundi, and he led the Burundian peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic in 2014 during the Central African Civil War. Kararuza was later appointed as a security adviser to Tutsi Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo under President Pierre Nkurunziza during the Burundian unrest in the mid-2010s, and on 25 April 2106, men armed with rockets and brigades attacked him in Bujumbura as he dropped his daughter off at school. Kararuza, his wife, and daughter were all killed in the attack, the latest sign of discontent in the country.